A project management checklist to assess the status of project management.

1. ICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT STATUS
My value as an ICT project manager is measured in terms of my CAPABILITY to deliver the PROJECT RESULTS successfully
according to the QUANTITY and QUALITY of EXPERIENCE expected by my STAKEHOLDERS and solution USERS.
My capability is CONSTRAINED by the defined and agreed SCOPE based on SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENT viewed as
strategic and tactical conditions in order to FILL GAPS or to ACTUALIZE OPPORTUNITIES for improvement or development.
My capability is LIMITED by TIME expectation, which prescribed the START DATE and END DATE to happen in order for the results
of the project to have IMMEDIACY and RELEVANCE.
My performance is CONDITIONED by the kind of available RESOURCES to support WORK and MATERIALS, and the BUDGETED COST
allocated as INVESTMENT that will bring social and financial RETURNS.
My results in RESTRICTED by required METRICS that speaks of numbers and quality. I have to comply with competency, process
and technology standards which are used to benchmark the value of project methods, analytics, models, documentation,
hardware, software, products and people.
My decision is BOUND by rules, policies, procedures, decision-flow, inter-relationship and responsibility matrix.
To get started, I must understand my project by filling up the thinking matrix to initiate, plan, execute, control and close my
ICT PROJECT.

2. Tell the story of your project
01 PROJECT NAME Code Name or Descriptive Title
02
.
Problem or Needs
to Address
Gaps to be filled up
Opportunities to be exploited
03 Stakeholders Whose interests are affected
by the project
04 Goals State or condition to be
achieved
05 Outcomes Objective results to be
experienced
06 Critical Success
Factors
What are to be made available
07 Critical Assumptions Considered to be true
08 Competency People, Process, Technology
and Culture
09 Methods Management, Analysis,
Valuation, Modeling, Data
Gathering, Evaluation, Control
and Monitoring
10 Standards Procedures, Tools, Results,
Metrics, Documentation,
Financial, Templates
11 Risks What if – consequences and

3. mitigation
12 Governance Responsibility, Accountability,
Expert and Work
13 Major Tasks Scope of Work – Work
Breakdown
14 Main Output Products, Artifacts,
Deliverables
15 Duration Timeline, schedule
16 Resource
Requirement
Input – Time and Material
17 Sourcing Strategy Acquisition and Procurement
18 Control and Metrics Checkpoint, Quality and
Quantity Standards Checklist
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ICT Project Thinking Matrix
John Macasio
john@onecitizen.net